Cook County had banked on $1.7 million in tax revenues from guns and ammunition sales in 2022. The Illinois Supreme Court struck down the tax on Thursday. [ripster8 on Unsplash]

The Cook County Board of Commissioners is set to plunge into a full week of departmental budget hearings on Monday, days after the Illinois Supreme Court blew a nearly $2 million hole in board President Toni Preckwinkle’s budget proposal.